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JHan

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5. yep. I had some knowledge of that , reminds me of that great LBJ quote..
Thu Dec 22, 2016, 11:41 PM
Dec 2016

"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you."

It's worth noting that elsewhere, like Brazil, it was the opposite - there's greater unity between black and white at the lower rungs of the ladder - but further up the social ladder you go, the more segregated the society.

It all depended on the aims of the ruling class.

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